allroad V6 TDI slow build

[gldgti]

so finally got up to the farm last weekend and my brother took some photo's... and video of what we got up to.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DPo...ature=youtu.be

[anthony--t]

Paddock bashing in the allroad! Hahahha mad!

Is the exhaust perfected now? All happy or too quite?

[gldgti]

Actually it's still a bit loud on the Fwy but I think its probably as good as I'm going to get for now

[gldgti]

Did a regular service yesterday. Decided to change the fuel filter.... Holy cow. Never had anything as difficult to bleed as this car, what a nightmare. Finally got it started today after hours of ****ing around with vacuum cleaner, bulb primer, diesel all over the place for hours, lots of battery charging. Won't be doing that job again for a while!

[gldgti]

Spent a while the other day modifying my exhaust tip baffles again. This time I went all out. So now I have a spring loaded butterfly valve in each exhaust baffle, and a section of perforated tube after the butterfly so that when its completely closed there is still a path out for the exhaust gasses. my perforated sections are still equal in area to a 2" tube on each outlet.

Its lovely and quiet now on the freeway when you are cruising, I've eliminated the drone completely. Even towing my big trailer it is still quiet on the flat sections.

Of course once you accelerate hard the flaps begin to open and you get more flow and more noise.

I shall have to remove one and take pics for all to see, so you can see how crazy I am.

Very pleased!

[anthony--t]

Sounds fancy! Good work. Maybe have to build one for mine soon

[Foxpuppet]

What are your thoughts on the TDI all road from WA that's currently on carsales. Bloke is asking 23k for a black 7 seater 2005. Looks tidy, but at that price it's not much more to the C6 TDI.


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[gldgti]

Yeah the C5 prices seem inflated at the moment. Considering I paid 10,750 for mine.

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[gldgti]

Sooooooo...
Decided on the weekend to pull a valve cover to check for cam wear.
Once I opened it up, I found one intake valve follower had come astray and so only one intake valve working on that cylinder. I suspect this has been the case as long as I've had the car.
The cams were a little worn... More than you want, perhaps half a mm.
I decided at that point it would be a good idea to renew the cams but thought I could refit the missing follower in the meantime. Aaanyway, I then decided to push down the valve that hasn't been working to ensure it was free to move... And with a bit of effort, it went down, and didn't come back up!
I suspect that the last time the cambelts was done (not by Audi service) the correct locking tools were not used, and some minor valve/piston contact has occurred which has damaged the valve sufficiently to prevent it from runnign freely in the guide and cause the follower to come adrift.
So I've just bought enough parts to do the timing belt, cams, followers, head gasket, all the valves tensioner s water pump, thermostat, the lot!
Gonna be some busy weekends ahead!

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[gldgti]